Red wine – Chocolate – Cake

Posted by Alice on April 28 2015.

Today I want to share my favourite cake recipe with you. I am really in love with baking – I see it as some relaxing time after an exhausting day. The following recipe is very easy to copy and will still impress the people at the next birthday party.

Red wine – Chocolate – Cake

Ingredients

250g flour

200g sugar

200g butter

100g dark chocolate shavings

4 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp cinnamon

125 ml red wine

For the topping you can either use chocolate glazing or icing sugar.

Method

1. Preheat oven on 180°C / gas 4.

2. Separate 4 eggs; beat the egg whites until stiff
and put the bowl into the fridge.

3. Put the 4 egg yolks with 200g sugar and 200g soft butter in a separate mixing bowl and work into a
smooth mixture with a mixer for about 3 minutes.